A Little Early....?

I am not a person who dislikes Christmas, like some people out there. But i thought it was a little ridiculous last week wednesday when i was driving and a Christmas song came on my radio. Just past halloween, barely into November, and hardly thinking about the next holiday, Thanksgiving, and there it was, Christmas music on my radio. And then this evening, sitting at home paging through the channels trying to find something interesting to watch, since the NFL games on at the time were not close or had no significance to the Packers, and again more Christmas stuff. Dr Suess' how the Grinch Stole Christmas on one channel, Elf on another. And i again thought to myself, Christmas movies on TV already?

So i guess what i'm asking is, how early is to early? I think it is still tooo early to be airing Christmas themed shows and songs on the TV and radio, I think the proper time to start airing Christmas stuff is after Thanksgiving, whether it be the day after or December. By playing the Christmas songs and shows before Thanksgiving it almost feels like Thanksgiving is being skipped over. I also think that Christmas stuff on already brings the somewhat dreary feeling of winter that everyone is trying to put off as long as possible.

So i kinda wanna know what other people think, is it too early to play Christmas music and be playing Christmas movies on TV? And when is the appropriate time to start hearing and seeing Christmas shows and songs? Or am i kind of alone on this one and really more of a grinch than i think i am.